Aidan is a distinctive girls' name in United States, ranking #1713 in 2007 with 127 recorded births. This places Aidan in the top 8% of ranked US girls' names for the year. Its actual usage is classified as Rare. The name reached its all-time peak in 2003 with 229 births ranking #1006. Since 1996, the popularity has increased by 81.4%. In 2007, approximately 1 in every 15,137 girls born was named Aidan. FALLING Recent data shows the name is currently falling.
Aidan is the anglicised form of an old Irish name meaning "little fire". It has a warm, lively feel and strong roots in Gaelic tradition.
The name comes from Aodhan, which was borne by several early Irish saints. It became especially popular in the English-speaking world in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.